OUR STORY
Back to the Beginning
The idea for the Carmona Foundation was born in the Redwoods. On a trip with my wife Sarah, standing among trees that have survived centuries, we started to understand something that changed the way we saw everything we had been working toward.
Redwoods are among the tallest living things on earth, yet their roots are surprisingly shallow. What keeps them standing is each other. Their root systems intertwine beneath the surface, sharing nutrients, anchoring one another against every storm they face together. What makes the grove remarkable is that the trees are not always related. They are separate, distinct, and yet their roots grow toward one another over time, forming bonds that become their greatest source of strength.
That image never left us. It became the heart of what we are building. Foster and kinship families are doing something extraordinary, often in the middle of uncertainty, grief, and the unknown. They are not always bound by biology. They are bound by choice, by commitment, and by the decision to root toward a child who needed someone to hold onto. What keeps them standing is not a policy or a program. It is the people around them, woven in close, showing up.
The rings in our logo carry that memory and that meaning. A reminder of where this vision was born, and who we exist to serve.
- Robert & Sarah Carmona
ABOUT
Built for the Full Arc of Care.
The Carmona Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization built to support the full arc of foster, kinship, and adoptive experience. We work with families from the earliest stages of licensing through the long-term realities of sustained care. This may look like providing financial assistance, practical resources, and connected support for every member of the household: caregivers, children placed, and biological children alike.
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We exist because the system around these families was never designed to support what happens next. The barriers they face are real, they shift without warning, and they rarely fit neatly inside what any program was built to handle. We work alongside them with the care, urgency, and personal attention every family stepping up for a child deserves to feel in return.
MISSION
The Foundation provides financial, practical, and connected support for foster, kinship, and adoptive families. Every household that says yes has what it needs to stay stable, whole, and in it for the long term.​
VISION
A community that wraps around every foster and kinship family, so that no one carries the weight of the journey alone, and every child in care finds the stability they deserve.​
HOW WE SUPPORT
Whole Family, by Design
The Caregiver
The adult(s) holding the household together are provided access and resources to support their licensing, wellness, education, and endurance.
The Child in Care
Giving children a safe place to land and the chance to just be a kid through scholarships, extracurriculars, and whatever helps them feel at home.
The Biological Child
Often overlooked and underserved. Their world gets turned upside down too and their service just as noble as their parents. Equally supported in extracurriculars, therapeutic services, and family memory-making opportunities.
CONTACT
Families: support@carmonafoundation.org
Donors: give@carmonafoundation.org
Press: press@carmonafoundation.org
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